butter plate
Small serving dish
A butter plate is a small dish, typically four to six inches across, placed at each table setting for individual portions of butter.
In formal dining, it sits to the left of the dinner plate.
The term also applies to a serving dish for butter at the center of a table: Pass the butter plate, please.
- dishwarePlates, bowls, cups
- tablewareDining implements collectively
- table settingArranged dinnerware for one
- crockeryHousehold ceramic dishes
- servewareDishes for presenting food
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